One person was wounded Wednesday in a shooting at Washington University in Missouri, the school said.

A female was reportedly shot in the arm, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch says, quoting a police source. A a suspect fled the area in a black SUV, which authorities were trying to find, the newspaper reports.

The school later tweeted: "The campus emergency is over. You may resume your normal activities."

Early Wednesday afternoon, the school issued a warning on its website for students to go to a "place that you feel safe" after a shooting was reported on campus.

"ALERT: A person was injured in a shooting on the Danforth Campus at Forsyth near Mallinckrodt Ctr. Continue to shelter in place," the school tweeted.

Later, it tweeted: "The injuries are believed to be not life threatening and the victim has been transported to the hospital for medical care."

University police and officers from the Clayton, Mo., force responded. The school directed inquiries to Clayton police. Police were not immediately available for comment.

ALERT: A person was injured in a shooting on the Danforth Campus at Forsyth near Mallinckrodt Ctr. Continue to shelter in place.

The school's Danforth location, its main campus, is located on 169 acres just west of St. Louis. The campus police department also urged students to shelter in place.

Washington University has about 15,000 students almost evenly split between undergraduate and graduate students. The school has two campuses, Danforth and its Medical Campus.

It was believed to be the second emergency incident in the pastg two months, according to the Post-Dispatch. A teen was shot near the university medical campus earlier this month, although it did not appear in the end to be related to the university, the newspaper reports. Last month, the university issued an alert following reports of a gunfire near the North Campus.